Nothing heard on a great pass over Southern California just now ... ISS
packet not heard, either.
Project manager Hector just advised me "no beacon heard yet," too ...
Clint K6LCS
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Where is the "self-promotion" in that message that showed folks how to apply
for
a QSL card from their ISS contact?
Hmmm ...
Clint
On Aug 19, 2014, at 1:17 PM, Ted wrote:
Wait just a minute, Clint...
You have to choose one: you can't feel sorry for yourself AND be a self
promoting windbag
tive, upbeat, factually correct, on-topic post. And those
without as good as Rolodex as I
possess can't stand it.
And so it goes ...
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I am not sure WHY ... but just a small percentage of those who actually DID
communicate
with astronaut Wiseman last Field Day weekend have requested QSL cards from
their efforts!
It is not hard to get one of these coveted cards. Just submit your request (QSL
card, or typed
report) and include
> ISS QSL cards from Field Day contacts are in the mail!!! My contact's
> backstory at ...
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ISS-K6LCS
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>> ... K6LCS - you posted an audio clip where you recreated your NA1SS
QSO. Did you record the NA1SS audio?
Just the time my contact on a voice recorder app on my iPod touch ...
http://work-sat.com/ISS-062814.html
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forwarded to her the instructions for obtaining a QSL card from the contact.
I just found it amusing that of the first three or so contacts on that pass,
one
was made with a mobile rig at high power, and you and I chose
WD9EWK>> ... used my IC-2820H, Elk log periodic, with the
power cranked down to 5W ...
What? FIVE WATTS?!?! You power hog ... (grin)
Just for the heck of it, I tried with an HT turned down to TWO Watts,
and a tape measure beam ... and got right through!
http://work-sat.com/ISS-062814.html
I b
YES - The ISS will send you a QSL card for verified contacts!
Submit your request (QSL card, or typed report) and include ...
-the date
-the time in UTC
-frequency and mode (voice, packet, or SSTV)
Include a large self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient
postage. For US contacts, submit
Two Watts … handheld radio … tape measure Yagi … Just spoke to the ISS 11:16AM
PDT!
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evening. And if anyone reading is
in or near Orange County, CA, then please cruise the WARA Web site cited below
and give them a visit.
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Western Amateur Radio Association (WARA) club in northern Orange County,
California.
All are welcome to attend.
"We will be discussing amateur radio satellites in the first part of our
session. Then we
From g3vzv -
The latest news we have is:
We have received confirmation that UKube-1, which is hosting the FUNcube-2
payload, is now scheduled for a Soyuz launch on Saturday June 28th with the
following day as a back-up. The launch time has been quoted as 15:58:28 UT
with separation some 9253
SPROUT info ...
http://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e/2-Amateur%20satellite-e.html
http://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e/2-Launch%20data-e.html
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Promo/trailer for "The Last Man on the Moon," a documentary of the life of Gene
Cernan,
the last man to step foot on the moon.
http://www.cnet.com/news/last-man-on-the-moon-trailer-promises-fascinating-tale/#ftag=CAD590a51e
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NASA NEWS - NASA Television will broadcast prelaunch activities for the next
three crew members flying to the International Space Station, followed by
extensive live coverage of their launch and docking to the orbital laboratory
Wednesday, May 28.
Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman o
I thought it was mandatory to have at least one rain storm at
each Dayton HamVention ... Sure seems like it ... (grin)
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led to try to find out more information - and to contribute in any manner.
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I did not mean to be hostile, JoAnne. I was just alarmed when I saw the
statement ...
" ... it also means that we have more time to complete and test the spacecraft
prior
to delivery ... "
... and read it literally. The wording is such that an English major would see
it as
describing an inc
THANK YOU for your reply.
But the fact that we have two entirely different, valid interpretations of the
same paragraph
means - to me - that it needed to be more clearly explained.
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On May 11, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Rolf Krogstad wrote:
Clint K7LCS,
I suspect
s they will be for a 2015
launch. What was written states that the satellite is not ready for a
2014 launch.
If that IS the case, then we should all be relieved that it will not be
launching
this year. If that is NOT the case, then AMSAT-NA needs someone to
proofread their releases before publish
Correct link for UO-11 ...
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/uo11.php
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A cursory look at upcoming passes this weekend just for Southern
California shows a lot happening this weekend!
CUTE-1, AO-7, UO-11, FO-29, SO-50, VO-52, AO-73, ISS PACKET -
and more - will be overhead!
How about trying a bird you've never heard before? Even if you just
monitor it - your recep
Sure it does ... so does the Puxing UV973.
BUT - do not get your hopes up that the 8D will perform well in FM satellite
V/U
or U/V modes. I mean, if Alinco could not get it right at the US$250 price
point,
I do not expect Wouxun nor Puxing to get it right at the $100 price point.
KENWOOD has
Beacon/TLM downlink at 145.845MHz was ON over Southern California this morning!
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lude them
... that's NOT what this magnificent hobby is all about.
Enjoy! You can always email me at cl...@clintbradford.com ... or cruise
my "Work the Satellites" Web site at http://www.work-sat.com .
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>> ... Here is something for those who enjoy the roar of a rocket engine in the
>> evening ...
And it was successful. What excitement.
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Stephen - here is a site that offers the basics of working FM birds ...
http://www.work-sat.com
For working the SSB birds - and a LOT more, please visit ...
http://www.amsat-uk.org
... and ...
http://ww2.amsat.org/ (AMSAT-NA)
There are plenty of excellent articles and help on those three si
I have received a couple messages regarding the 45-second video of reception of
SO-73
with just a handheld radio and a meager antenna.
First, as written as captioning on that video, THAT IS NOT THE OPTIMAL MANNER
TO WORK AO-73 BY ANY MEANS. This was merely an experiment that shows you that
you
I have to check the FUNcube data - but it is possible that it was
just transmitting 30mW on this pass ... Which makes this little
experiment all the MORE incredible:
Hearing a 30mW signal from a bird no closer than about 450 miles -
what a GREAT "line of sight" experiment for ANY classroom!
C
What can one hear with just a Yaesu FT-60R and a DIY $15 tape measure beam?
How about AMSAT-UK's AO-73 satellite - with its whopping 300mW signal and never
closer to you than about 450 miles?
http://youtu.be/pZHplfdAjtQ
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CREDITS:
Also in the video: My 4th gen iPod touch, runnin
ISS Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, with the
assistance of NASA’s Rick Mastracchio, successfully berthed the SpaceX Dragon
spacecraft at the space station at 9:06 a.m. EDT today. The mission is the
company's third cargo delivery flight to the station. Dragon's
AMSAT-UK is on top of this 108-satellite payload!
(That's five CubeSats ... one with 104 Sprite satellites!)
http://www.amsat-uk.org
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If Alinco couldn't get true, full-duplex ops for working the U/V - V/U birds
right at the $250 price point,
I am not holding my breath for release of the new Wouxun.
Wouxun brought a couple demo models to IWCE last month. They slapped FCC ID
numbers on them
from another radio ...
The only dea
, you'll likely become part of the great debate as to which
antenna is better than the other. The fact is, they're both great antennas!
You'll have to decide for yourself as it all comes down to personal taste. Read
the article by K6LCS - Clint Bradford as he attempts to put a fi
A discussion on the "Arrow vs. Elk" issue is posted here ...
http://work-sat.com/My_Gear.html
And I just saw an Arrow Sat antenna go up on eBay ... the ULTIMATE
model, with diplexer ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331169185629
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TONIGHT - Wednesday night, Joe Walsh WB6ACU is going to be on the Ham Nation
show with us.
Will be a blockbuster show with several in- studio guests. Joe will be
introducing a new host
that is joining the show.
That is 6PM PDT / 8PM CDT, Wed April 2, 2014.
Go top http://www.twit.tv and cli
posed to enjoy every sandwich."
And that sums it all up. Love those around you. Always give a hug when you can.
People leave us soon. Some way too soon.
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W5PFG>> ... I cringe at the "anti-handheld in the backyard
mentality" because those operators are our future ...
Now THERE'S someone with the "right" attitude!
Only by education at all levels/ages can this aspect of our
hobby grow.
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The next trio of crew members destined for the International Space Station is
now looking
forward to a Thursday arrival at the orbiting laboratory after their Soyuz
spacecraft was
unable to complete its third thruster burn to fine-tune its approach. Flight
controllers in the
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playlists for amateur radio-related events - or if my posts might
negatively
affect the financial health and well-being of any AMSAT chapter.
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ty for air fares ...
Clint
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>> ... anything by Jefferson Starship or Starship...
I was 'fraid of recurring flashbacks ...
>> ... Neil Young's "Harvest Moon"
Damnation - an obvious error.
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All right ... Rolf wins ... magnificent works ...
Andy Williams' "Moon River" was definitely played ... Breakfast at Tiffany's ...
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OK, Les, YOU started this ... (grin)
Here's my partial PlayList from my Yuri Gagarin party ...
The Beatles, "Across the Universe"
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Bad Moon Rising”
Elton John, “Bad Side of the Moon”
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, “Black Moon”
Marcels, “Blue Moon”
Ella Fitzgerald, “B
Thank you to Patrick WD9EWK - er, I mean, W1AW/7 - for the SO-50 contact this
morning
from his Hamfest in Arizona to our Palm Springs Extravaganza.
I had about 45 people out on our patio - and FIVE had never experienced FM sat
comms
with minimal equipment before. It was a great session.
A lit
March 10, 2014
NASA RELEASE 14-072
Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
Three crew members from the International Space Station returned to Earth
Monday after 166 days in space, during which they made 2,656 orbits around the
planet and traveled almost 70.5 million mil
Did you follow ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano’s updates and images during his
Volare space mission on social media? Now there’s a chance to hear about his
time on the International Space Station directly from Luca.
ESA is inviting 50 followers of @Astro_Luca to join us for a SocialSpace event,
op
BLATANT COMMERCIAL MESSAGE ALERT - but these are fairly rare and are
of interest to satellite devotees
I just found PG-4V and PG-4T cables in the garage. Both brand new, OLD stock.
Stillin original Kenwood packaging.
If you have a Kenwood VC-H1, you know what these are. They are of no use t
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Thank you, Paul, for the correction!
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The satellite will use low cost open-source software and hardware for primary
and
secondary flight computers that will control the payload consisting of an
onboard
VGA camera, GPS receiver, UHF CW beacon 100mW, 9k6 AX25 FSK telemetry
TX 2 watts and FM Mode V/U transponder 150mW Voice Repeater.
LitSat-1 has a VGA camera, GPR receiver, 9k6 AX25 FSK telemetry beacon and a
150mW FM voice transponder.
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an learn a lot from me ... keep reading!
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On Feb 26, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Ted wrote:
Yep, my bad !
73, K7TRK
p.s.
meg·a·lo·ma·ni·a (mĕg′ə-lō-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə)
n.
1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of
wealth, power, or omnipotence.
2. An obse
ling list is open for general discussion about all aspects of
amateur radio satellites."
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A fascinating free book that examines the power of paranoia
and propaganda over the radio waves in 1941.
https://archive.org/details/WarOnTheShortWave
Clint K6LCS
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Off-topic? Yes. But still a fascinating free look at the power of paranoia
and propaganda over the radio waves.
https://archive.org/details/WarOnTheShortWave
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If you're snowed in this weekend ... here's a simple project that might use
up some of those spare parts in the garage ...
http://www.instructables.com/id/Balanced-Microphone-From-An-Old-Telephone/
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Minor typo in the cited site - correct site is ...
http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/
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>> ... Here we go again...I, Me, My.
Obviously a sufferer of the aforementioned condition, and in denial ...
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be on the phone with my accountant, and I told her that I was
being accused of "grandiose self-promotion," and knowing my expenses
versus income for performing the educational activities that I do, she nearly
fell off her chair ...
And so it goes ...
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>> ... I thought my net comment was funny considering it was named a 2 Meter
>> Tech Net, get it?
Well, Mr. Grumpy here did NOT get it - at first. That is exactly what you
explained: An Internet message
group's message and intent do not always shine through as expected.
I mis-took your commen
NASA MEDIA ADVISORY M14-028
NASA Television Airs Departure of Commercial Cargo Ship from Space Station
Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which delivered almost a
ton-and-a-half of supplies and scientific experiments to the International
Space Station in January, will complete its month
hrough my time and efforts has
been
judged as “lacking” by the current leadership of AMSAT-NA.
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Wow - you have no idea what you are talking about. That is NOT how
I was dismissed from AMSAT-NA. And if someone told you that was how
it all went down, then they are misrepresenting the truth.
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His program requires .Net 4 so you will have to install it if you do not have
it installed already. Not sure ? Try running the program - if it runs you have
it - if you do not have it you will see a message box telling you that you do
not have it. Unlike most ham radio programs this program uses
ot; on
the birds.
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mount of contacts
I have made."
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And so it goes ...
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>> ... we should probably let the AMSAT Area Coordinator know about this ...
Naw ... the current AMSAT-NA board president has written to me and indicated
that
this type of marketing and public relations activity is not what he thinks is
valuable
for the organization.
Clint K6LCS
http://www.wo
acebook.com/Lituanicasat1
https://twitter.com/Astro_Wakata
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/01/31/video-deploying-cubesats-from-the-space-station/
http://m.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream
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NASA RELEASE 14-042
NASA Announces Fifth Round of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates
NASA has selected 16 small satellites from nine states to fly as auxiliary
payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2015, 2016 and 2017. The proposed
CubeSats come from universities across the country, a prim
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dy outside ... nada heard.
In the spirit of the day: GO SATS!
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I have already seen the commercials of interest that will be broadcast during
some special sporting event that is occurring Sunday ... Who is going to skip
the "big game" and walk outside and work a satellite or two? Even just to
monitor one of our newer ones ... or to listen to the ISS' packet?
Kudosfor Mineo JE9PEL's mention in the February, 2014 issue of QST magazine.
His history of ham satellites' frequencies page - and Excel(tm) spreadsheet
version -
were cited: " ... outstanding list ... extensive ... never seen anything quite
like it ... "
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel
>> ... Most everyone knows about Funcube and how successful it has been.
YES - AMSAT-UK knows the value of publicity, marketing, and planning. Their use
of several
social media programs is fantastic. They KNOW how to throw a "party."
Clin
Get this to every teacher you know! After entering your
name, you can print out a "participation certificate."
NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond
NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on
a microchip aboard a spacecraft hea
CRAIG >> ... Just thought I would post this up, it may be of interest to some
of you ..
I have the Puxing UV-973 available now ... true full-duplex / dual-receive /
crossband repeating HT.
It received FCC certification last November.
Clint K6LCS
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Now THAT was truly "reality TV." Astronauts finished a little ahead of time,
and are both
back in the air lock aboard the ISS.
Clint
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uplink and a 440 downlink.
"Most hams already own the necessary equipment to work SO-50," reports
Clint Bradford, K6LCS, who maintains a Web site devoted to working amateur
satellites with minimal equipment (http://www.work-sat.com).
"It is preferable to work SO-50 in true, full
I have misplaced my AMSAT Area Coordinator list - is it posted somewhere
for access/download?
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NASA scaled back ops aboard the ISS today, as a cooling pump that circulates
ammonia outside the station to keep equipment cool failed.
NASA is still trying to figure out what exactly failed, and how to repair it.
An EVA is not out of the question.
NASA also stated that the ISS crew was not in
Nice article by Mark Spencer WA8SME in the January, 2014 issue of QST
on building a portable az-el rotator system for tracking the birds.
Available to ARRL members online at ...
http://www.arrl.org
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ecause
their data is shown to you in GMT ...
http://www.amsat.org
AND you will find plenty of assistance here, too!
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Let's analyze this: I can play with source code snippets, or simply click a
button on AMSAT-NA's Web site to get
exactly what I want.
Hmmm ... which is more painless?
Didn't mean to start up anything with this thread. AMSAT-NA and its
every-Thursday updates has served me
well. No - not all 63
You missed my point entirely - OR I didn't express myself well ...
Mid-day today, I clicked on the Keps page at AMSAT-NA, and was sent to
a "new style" page - one with the same "look and feel" as the new home page.
But right now, when I go to the same link, I am sent to the "old style," light
b
>> ... why you would go to the AMSAT website for keps?
I certainly hope you are not demeaning what AMSAT-NA has done for many years
for Kep data.
NO - it is not up-to-date to the moment. And with more than 60 birds launched
last week alone,
it will take time for AMSAT's particular delivery met
Why AMSAT-NA for Keps?
It has been great using their .pdb copy that seems to get updated every
Thursday evening. It has worked out marvelously for me for years. And at least
one excellent program uses it - PocketSat.
Sent from my iPod touch.
On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote:
Two hours ago, I went to the AMSAT.org site, and checked on the Keplerian data
files that were
available.
But I just now clicked on it, and it throws me to the 2005-era Keps page - with
the light blue
background ...
My browser's cache isn't THAT old ...
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First, know what you want to work and are capable of working. Of the 64 or so
birds deployed last week,
only a relative handful are ham radio-related.
There is plenty of opportunity to "hone" your tracking talents - with some of
the birds that send
teleme
>> ... Dose AMSAT need another banner made?
Sure - shouldn't ANY North American ham with a Web site
promote AMSAT-NA???
Clint K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
PS But not if you are proofreading it ... (GRIN)
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THANK YOU! I will keep it there, but look for a more universally
read format.
Clint
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Not
Thank you!
Clint
909-241-7666
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>> ... Adding to that Clint, a good handle on social media would be a big plus
>> too.
My wife gives classes in social media ... and business english ... et al. YES,
absolutely.
Clint
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If you need a screenshot of the Dnepr launch last night,
please send me an email - k6...@ham-sat.info
Three 65kb .jpg shots.
Clint
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